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A specimen by William Caslon, letter-founder, in Chiswell-Street, London.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caslon, William, 1693-1766.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Printing--Specimens.
- Printing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 sheet )
- Other Title:
- Specimen by William Caslon,
- Place of Publication:
- [London, s.n., 1750]
- Notes:
- Distinguishing points: no blank space across the center of the sheet; 18 units in the band of pica flowers (fourth band from the left); word "specimen" at foot in long primer caps.; "s" in word "nostra" in the French Cannon italic specimen broken off.
- At foot: "This specimen to be placed in the middle of the sheet 5Uu, vol. II." of Chambers' Cyclopaedia, 6th ed., London, 1750.
- Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
- Cited in:
- Berry and Johnson. Catalogue of specimens of printing types., p.15, variant H
- English Short Title Catalog, N21711.
- OCLC:
- 642164906
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